Vermont Timber Works
36 Fairbanks Road
N. Springfield, VT 05150
(802) 886-1917
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Raising Post & Beam Frame
Raising a 40 Foot Hammer Beam Truss
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After fabricating a frame, our crew often travels to the job site to do the assembly and raising. The same craftspeople who cut the frame also put it up. Most of our frames can be erected in a matter of days. We pre-assemble parts in our shop whenever possible, and then use large cranes to raise the frame. In less than a week the timber frame is complete and ready for a local contractor to finish.
 

 

 
Handcrafted Timbers Being Delivered

Frames are delivered to job sites on 48' tractor trailers.

Hemlock Barn Frame Being Delivered  
 
Post & Beam Bents Ready for Raising

Bents are pre assembled and stacked on the deck prior to the crane coming for the raising.

Bents for the Breed Pool House  
 
Heavy Timber Historic Church Truss Flying

The crane picks the bents or trusses up off the deck and lowers them into the proper position.

Truss for the First Presbyterian Church in Texas  
 
Post and Beam Raising

Bents are brought down and secured to the deck.

Bents at the Southern Vermont Welcome Center  
 
Timber Cupola Flying for Monastery

Entire sections that can be pre-assembled are picked up and lowered into place.

Cupola for Bethlehem Monastery  
 
Post & Beam Barn Purlins Being Assembled

Connecting purlins are lowered into their pockets.

Small Barn Frame  
 
Monastery Heavy Timber Frame

Finally the frame is tightened, finished and a tree is nailed to the high gable.

Bethlehem Monastery  
 

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